Wire-fence stay



(No Model.)

- L. CLARK WIRE FENGBSTAY.

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LEANDER CLARK, OF GREENVILLE, OHIO.

WIRE-FENCE STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,046, datedSeptember 10, 1895. Application filed January 31, 1895. Serial No.536,871. (No modelof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fence-stays, and has for its object to provide asimple and efficient stay for connecting the longitudinal wires orrunners of a fence, the same having a main or intermediate section whichis rigid or infiexible in construction and having terminal sectionswhich are loosely connected to the extremities of the main orintermediate sec tion, whereby the uppermost and lowermost wires orrunners are capable of yielding under pressure.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed outin the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a View of a fence provided with fence-staysconstructed in accordance with my invention Fig. 2 is a detail view inperspective of one of the stays, the fence wires or runners being shownin dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the joint between the upperterminal section and V the main or intermediate section.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates a rigid or inflexible main or intermediate section of thestay, the same consisting of a continuous loop having a straight side 2and an approximately parallel side 3, which is provided at intervalswith single eyes 4, arranged in the plane of the loop and engaging therunners 5. The lower extremities of the sides of the loop are providedwith hooks 6 to engage the contiguous runner, and the upper looped endof the section is connected to the contiguous runner by means of thetie-wire 7, having an eye 8, which passes through or between the sidesof said section. The uppermost wire orrunner of the fence is connectedwith the wire or runner at the upper extremity of the main orintermediate section by means of an upper terminal staysection 9,constructed of a continuous wire blank and having its extremitiesprovided with interlocking loops 10. The upper extremity of thisterminal section is bent to form a coil ll, which engages the uppermostfence wire or stay and is secured against lateral displacement by meansof a tie-wire l2, and the loop at the lower end thereof interlocks withthe looped upper end of the main or intermediate section, the eye 8 ofthe tie wire '7 passing through said loop at the lower end of the uppersection. The lowermost wire of the fenceis connected tothewireatthellower extremity of the main or intermediate section by mea'nsofalower terminal section 13, constructed of a continuous Wire blankhaving terminal interlockingloops 14 and coils 15, through which saidwires or runners extend.. Tie-wires 16 and 17 secure the extremities ofthislower terminal section respectively to the lowermost and thecontiguous runners to prevent lateral displacement, the tie 17 alsoserving to prevent lateral displacement of the hooked extremities of thesides of the main or intermediate section. Intermediate tie-wires 18 arearranged at the points of intersection of the main section with theintermediate runners.

From the above description it will be seen that the uppermost wire orrunner is capable of vertical as well as lateral movement, and also thatthe runner at the upper extremity of the main or intermediate loop maybe depressed without communicating motion to the said main orintermediate section and that the lower terminal section provides forlateral movement of the lowermost wire or runner without straining thestay.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

The upper loose section may be duplicated or omitted, according to thepurpose for which the fence is designed, and in case of the omission ofthis loose section the main or stiff section of the stay is extended tothe uppermost wire of the fence.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. A fence stay having a main orintermediate inflexible section constructed of a continuous Wire blankand having approximately parallel sides, with their extremities providedwith books to engage the contiguous fence wire or runner,'one of saidsides being provided with a series of spaced integral eyes arrangedapproximately in the plane of the section to receive the fence wires orrunners intersected thereby, and the other side of the section beingstraight and being secured to the wires or runners at the points ofintersection therewith by means of tie-wires, and terminal upper andlower sections loosely connected to the extremities of the main orintermediate section, substantially as described.

2. A fence stay having a main or intermediate inflexible sectionconstructed of a continuous wire blank bent upon itself to form a loophaving approximately parallel sides, the lower extremities of said sidesbeing bent to form hooks, and one of the sides being pro vided with aseries of spaced eyes to receive fence wires or runners, a tie-wireconnecting the looped end of said intermediate section with a contiguousfence wire or runner, said tie-wire having an eye to engage the loop, anupper terminal section provided at its upper end with an eye to engagethe uppermost fence wire or runner and at its lower end with a loop toengage the looped upper end of the intermediate section, and the eye ofsaid tiewire, and a lower terminal section loosely connected to thelower end of the main section, as set forth.

3. A fence stay having a main or intermediate inflexible sectionconstructed of a continuous wire blank bent upon itself to form a loophaving approximately parallel sides, the lower extremities of said sidesbeing bent to form hooks, and one of the sides being provided with aseries of spaced eyes to receive fence wires or runners, a tie-wireconnecting the'looped end of said intermediate section with a contiguousfence wire or runner, said tie-wire having an eye to engage the loop,and a lower terminal section loosely connected to the lower end of themain section, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEANDER CLARK. Witnesses:

ALLEN MURPHY, R. S. FRIZELL.

